In conjunction of Founder’s Day Celebration 2009 for Sarawak Southern Regional, the organizing committee had decided on the programmes and activities for the entire celebration.

1. Tele-match Competition

• The registration is now open for juniors and senior boys and also officers who are interested to join.
• Those who are interested please submit your name to LT.DONNY LAU before 12/9/09

2.Guard Of Honour

• Our company was allocated 7 boys to involve in the GOH. Selected Boys/Ncos will be informed later
  
• GOH practice on 13th September 2009 from 1.30pm – 4.00pm at Chin Kwong Methodist Church.

3.Founder’s Day 2009 Rehearsal

• The rehearsal will be on the 4/10/09. All those who are involved  are requested to come for the rehearsal.

All of you are invited to : -

7the Kuching Company Enrollment Service 2009

Date: 16.08.2009

Time: 8am

Venue: Chin Daw Methodist Church, Kuching

This is the first ever Fancy drill display performed in the History of 7th Kuching Company.

The purpose of introduce Fancy drill/Sequence drill in Boys’ Brigade Drill Programs is to create member’s further interest towards drill after member’s couple of years drill practice. Fancy drill can be perform  during school/church recruitment days to attract more members.

The Fancy drill 2009 video – performed by 7kcuhingnites.

Fancy drill 2009 performed by 7th Kuching Company

The bugle is one of the simplest brass instrument.  it is essentially a small horn with no valves.  All pitch control is done by varying the player’s embouchure, since the bugle has no other mechanism for controlling pitch. Consequently, the bugle is limited to notes within the harmonic series.

The bugle is used mainly in the military , where the bugle has evolved away from its military origins, growing valves. Bugles in drum and bugle corps are typically pitched in G.

Bugle in the Boys’ Brigade

Bugle is one of the traditional instrument tat widely use by most of the Boys’ brigade companies around the globe since the organization was formed until today.A bugler plays an very important roles in the company weekly meeting. Boys can obtain a “bugler award” by undergoing some bugle call test and practically serve as a bugler in weekly meetings.

Role of Bugle

In Boys’ Brigade, the role of  bugle calls came to be used as signals to announce events to the troops. The calls that normally used in a Boys’ Brigade weekly meeting includes, “warning for parade”, “fall-In”, “reveille” and “retreat” some others bugle call like “Last post”, “light off”, “orderly sgt”, “last dinner call” and etc are widely use in BB camping.

*49th Edinburgh Boys’ Brigade Bugler in year 1907-8

Just some pictures to updates on some activities we’ve done during this March.

1. Drill Camp

During this school holiday, our company organized a drill camp with the attendance of 15 boys. In this 3 days 2 nite drill camp, boys gone thru a tough and intensive Basic drill award scheme which enable them to speed up the learning process to gain their Drill basic award. A basic drill award class had started right after this camp.

*Theory class

* Practical Class

* Polishing their uniform Parts

2. First Aid Basic award.

This month counts the end of our first aid basic award class. 17 boys had attended their First Aid basic award test.

10 out of 17 has passed their First Aid basic award.

* First Aid test in action

3. Band class

March marks the history of our company, we’ve started our very own Band class!! Currently we start with Bugles( one of the traditional instrument which identify BB) and drums. This is also a traditional BB band formation back to over 100 years ago when BB just started in Glassgow, UK.

*Buglers practising

* Drummers practicing drum rolls

4. Promotion

During this march’s church parade, 4 private promoted to L/cpl and 2 L/cpl promoted to Cpl.

Namely,

Promotion from Pte to L/cpl -:

Pte Rocky Ting

Pte Thien Khai Loong

Pte Fabian Chin

Pte Nathan Ng

Promotion from L/cpl to CPL

L/cpl Leong Yii How

L/cpl Liu Jou Ann

Congratulations guys! Remember, be the good Example of your boys. The higher rank your’re wearing, the heavier responsibility u are holding, Do your best Ncos!!